researchers and all new and uncommon occupations.
Neptune: Artistic and literary geniuses, philosophers, occultists, occupations connected with
water, or liquids.
Pluto. Leaders in large organizations and movements, whether socialistic or capitalistic.
Writers along sociological lines, or of works in which sociological doctrines are disguised;
activities conducted anonymously or under a pseudonym.
Planetary Years. The ancients presumed the planets to have definite periods of rulership, at
the end of which changes of constitution or environment might be expected to occur to
persons or in the places ruled by them. What they called "the shortest years" can be traced to
the orbital motions in most cases; but it is difficult to trace a justification for the other groups.
They are:
...Planet.....Short..Mean..Greater..Greatest
...Saturn......30....43.5.....57......465
...Jupiter.....12....45.......79......428
...Mars........15....40.......66......264
...Sun.........19....69......120.....1460
...Venus........8....45.......82......151
...Mercury.....20....48.......76......450
...Moon........25....66......108......320
By the use of the short years one deduces that, for example, if Saturn conjoins the Moon at
birth, its opposition will occur at 15 years of age; if Jupiter conjoins any planet it will form its
sextile in 2 years from birth. In other words, it was a method whereby, without the aid of an
ephemeris, to determine when the planets wig form aspects or directions to the radical places
of the Sun and Moon, and they to the radical places of the planets - called "periodical
directions." It is principally of value in mundane astrology, when considering world-trends
over long epochs.
Platic. v. Aspects.